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Old 12-12-2005
need some help with a script to delete directories.
Hello,

I need a hand with a script im trying to make. I have a directory
/usr/db/mail with a bunch of subdirectories such as
/usr/db/mail/domain1.com
/usr/db/mail/domain2.com etc. etc.
all of these directories in turn have sub directories of their own. What I need to do is search all of them and see if there has not been any files written/modified in the past 30 days in any of the sub directories and if so delete the respective /usr/db/mail/domain.com folder. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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Old 12-12-2005
cd /usr/db/mail; find . -type d -mtime +30 -exec rm -rf {} \; -print
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